The higher-education sector has witnessed significant angst and change during my lengthy career—from violent protests over what were believed to be unjust wars to increases in representational diversity to affirmative action challenges decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. More...
Retirees go back to school to live out golden years on campus
A growing number of retirees are opting to spend their Golden Years living close to a university campus. Or, in the case of Purchase College, on it. More...
ProctorU and Shmoop partner to strengthen academic integrity
ProctorU, the world's largest online proctoring and identity management solution, announced today a partnership with Shmoop, a digital publisher known for its award-winning test prep and certified online courses. More...
Missouri lawmakers, governor loosen tuition cap for colleges, universities
Tuition increases currently are capped at the rate of inflation. At the time that cap was written into state law, legislators wanted to keep tuition low. More...
Stockton could be home of new California State University
Could Stockton be the future home for a new California State University? If some city and state officials have a say, some proposed plans will become a reality. More...
Accreditation’s insidious impact on higher education innovation
While Washington, D.C. slams accreditors for not holding colleges and universities accountable for their student outcomes, the more insidious failure of accreditation is the stifling effect on innovation at existing institutions. More...
Universities need to be ‘more ambitious’ to help poor students
Students from the most disadvantaged backgrounds are half as likely to go to higher education than their more affluent peers, and a quarter as likely to gain a place at the most selective universities. More...
Nearly all colleges maintain cyber insurance
About 9 in 10 higher ed institutions have cyber insurance compared to approximately 70 percent that were maintaining it in 2015. More...
Nonprofit university buys for-profit college’s tech platform
The technology platform and curriculum of the company called UniversityNow—which attracted more than $40 million in venture backing and ran an experimental for-profit college—has been sold to the nonprofit National University system, which plans to use the platform to deliver its online courses. More...
Missouri lawmakers, governor loosen tuition cap for colleges, universities
After more than a decade of facing caps on how much they can raise tuition, public colleges and universities in Missouri are seeing those restrictions loosened a bit. More...